Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-29
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. TEN DIVISIONS IN LINE. The Veterans Parade At
 St. Louis SADLY MARRIED BY THE RAIN. Uncle Billy The Hero Of
 The Hour. THE WONDERS OF THE SOUTH. Political Conventions In
 Two States.
THE WONDERS OF THE SOUTH

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 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-The postponed pa rade of the Grand Army of the Republic took place to-day in the rain. Ten divisions were in line Shortly before il o'clock the column was formed and Grand Marshal Grier ordered the escort of mounted police forward Then followed the grand marshal with his staff, General A. J. Smith and aids, Logan post of St. Louis, mounted, and Springfield (Mass.) battalion, special escorts to the com- mander-in-c chief, who followed few yards behind, wrapped in a rubber coat, smiling and lowing to the crowds who lined the streets. All along the way he was greeted with applause. His staff of a hundred men, mounted, preceded twenty carriages, moving three abreast, in which were the war gov ernors and other honored guests. In the lead was one occupied by Mayor Francis and Gen- ersl William T. Sherman. Although closely sheltered from the rain and sight, the crowds on the sidewalk soon found out where the old commander was, and cheer upon cheer marked his progress down the street, while frequently groups of men would rush from the shelter to the carriage door to grasp his hand. As the column passed under the beau tiful stained glass transparency of General Grant on Fourth street, between Locust and St. Charles streets, all the men uncov- cred their heads and marched in silence. The head of the procession reached the Grand Army arch that spans Olive street at Twelfth at noon and Commander-in-C Chief Fairchild General Sherman, ,ex-Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, the war governors and other distin- guished guests left their carriages and took their positions in the grand stand just east of the arch. Across the street and facing the grand stand Grand Marshal Grier and staff sat in their saddles while the rain in- creased in volume and for an hour and half poured down on the heads of the passing sol- niers. Missouri's contingent was twenty-five minutes in passing, Illinois was fifteen min utes and Kansas twelve. The other States were represented by posts and regiments. Along the line of march were thousands of Boys in Blue who thought it too wet to march. In the balcony of the grand stand Gommander-in-C Chief Fairchild and General Sherman, partly protected from the storm, bowed to the boys as they passed, acknowledging continually the rousing cheers that went up from each post as they filed by in company front. Here and there through out the different divisions marched a colored post and their salute was invariably signal for applause from those in the grand stand which several times was taken up by the crowd and prolonged into hearty cheer. The dripping flags received much boisterous notice and as squad carrying the tattered remnants of battle flags passed by the enthu- siasm became unbounded. Throughout the column an occasional warrior carried a cane or pole on which was dangling a chicken, leg of mutton, side of bacon, cabbage or some other representative of foraging expe- dition or commissary store. As the right of the line reached it's destination the troops broke ranks and hastened back to the re- viewing stand to get glimpse of the com- manders. They came with such rush that threatened the destruction of the rest of the column, but the mounted staff of the Illinois division forced way through the crowd and cleared passage. At 1880 o'clock the Sons of Veterans brought up the rear and the crowd made a rush for the grand stand to see and shake hands with ''Uncle Billy. The general refused to respond to the numerous calls for speech and finding an opportunity slipped into carriage and was quickly driv- en away.